Microwido's Grow 800w CMH

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Microwido

• Feb 10, 2008

• #1

Day 1.

Here you can see the room layout. 5 Gal buckets, 2 x 400w CMH lights. White Widow strain. Notice I am not using any ventilation for the lights, and they are running fine. Also you can see my homemade ballasts lol.

They are so bright that I need to wear sunglasses when in the room or I immediately get a headache.

Setup:

-400 w CMH bulbs (advancedtechlighting.com)(Horizontal)
-DIY HPS ballast (htgsupply.com)(Only magnetic and none switchable ballasts work)
-Maxwing Reflector (htgsupply.com)
-Growbright Fan 427cm+ Can 66 filter. (Only buy the best carbon filter, I bought a Goblin and it simply did not filter all of the smell)
-LG LD40E Dehumidifier
-Mylar Blankets, 10 for 15$

Soil:

1 50lb bag of Miracle grow soil 3 month
2 50bl bags of Advanced grow 9 month
1 25lb bag of sand
2 25lb bags of perlite

(can find that all at walmart)

 

Last edited: Mar 14, 2008

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Haps

stone fool

Veteran

• Feb 10, 2008

• #2

Looks like a good clean start, good fortune on your flowers.
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M

Microwido

• Feb 15, 2008

• #3

Day 5

Here is a shot of the whole room





And here is a shot of Agnis day 1 - 5

 

M

Microwido

• Feb 17, 2008

• #4

Day 8




She is looking pretty healthy and large for 8 days from sprout.

 

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Herbatonist

Member

• Feb 17, 2008

• #5

looks good so far man j/w, any reason why you started them out in such big buckets?

 

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Microwido

• Feb 18, 2008

• #6

I started them in peat pellets, but yeah I prefer to transplant them as little as possible. I figure the more stress early in the plants life often determines the sex, so having 0 transplants is optimal. I even cut the netting off of the pellets so the roots don't get strangled.

 

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Microwido

• Feb 24, 2008

• #7

Day 14

Day 14

Elanor



Room


Closer shot

 

Last edited: Feb 24, 2008

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marley1

Member

• Feb 24, 2008

• #8

real clean setup, looking good!

 

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Microwido

• Feb 26, 2008

• #9

Day 16

Day 16

 

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dwreck

Member

• Feb 28, 2008

• #10

Looking very nice thus far! Going to have my eye on this one in the near future.

I too have to wear sunglasses when I peek in my closet for a visit, the light is a bit overbearing on my retinas.

 

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Guest

• Mar 3, 2008

• #11

Very nice, ur setup is making more of a beliver in the CMH lights, which i will now go and buy.

THANKS!

 

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Microwido

• Mar 4, 2008

• #12

Day 23

Day 23

Day 23

 

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Dr. Bloom

Member

• Mar 4, 2008

• #13

Lookin good man. Your plants look very healthy.

 

simba

Sleeping Dragon

• Mar 4, 2008

• #14

Micro Looking Good. !!!
id add white poly to the floor
i like how you reused emergency blankets Cheap source for mylar.. although i recommended white poly all the way around..
whats your inside temps and outside temps vs hps if you did hps ever..IE how cool vs hps

 

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Microwido

• Mar 7, 2008

• #15

Day 26

Day 26

11 leaf

 

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Microwido

• Mar 9, 2008

• #16

Day 29

Day 29

1 month from start. Worth noting is I just realized these are leap year babies! I added a carbon scrubber + 400cfm fan and a dehumidifer.






White Widow


Unknown bag seeds, 2 in middle white widow.


Color is off, but picture of Elanor.

 

Last edited: Mar 9, 2008

simba

Sleeping Dragon

• Mar 11, 2008

• #17

Lookin Real good.. YA!!!

 

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Microwido

• Mar 12, 2008

• #18

Day 31 Sex day

Day 31 Sex day

Today we have preflower pics... Yeah! So far only 1 is for sure male, and atleast 9 are for sure female . Also, the tallest plant is 3 feet tall. I am going to shoot for 5 feet before switching to 12/12.

This is the only male preflower




These are both female preflowers







And here is a good side picture





And the main room

 

iLLperception

Member

• Mar 12, 2008

• #19

Beautiful plants. Love seeing the CMH in action!

 

simba

Sleeping Dragon

• Mar 12, 2008

• #20

ya micro looking good. throw some of these pics in the CMH thread to.. if you would.